In the town where I live, there are a few places that blackberry bushes grow wildly. Now it’s time to pick blackberries for free through September. My daughter still remembers that I baked some blackberry pies last year. She has good memory, well, about some things. She can’t remember where she put things last.

We enjoy taking a walk to pick blackberries. The berries on the branches that are just a couple inches out of reach look so tempting and so ripe. I decided to bring a pair of tongs with me one time. It did help some, but it felt better with bare hands though.

While I was busy picking blackberries, my baby was busy eating. Her face with berry juice all over always made me laugh.

This is such a luxury to be able to take a walk in the neighborhood and pick blackberries grown in the vacant field for free. If you don’t have such luxury nearby, maybe you can try Pick Your Own Farms, Frugal Family Time – Picking Blueberries from Tales from the Road Less Traveled shared her experience: pick a gallon of blueberries for $6. Wow! such a good deal! Blueberries, yummy, my daughter could eat a pound a day-one day, I bought 1 pound of blueberries sometimes, and one day it lasted usually.

Recent Carnivals

Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #52 is hosted at Credit Card Lowdown. I enjoyed Nathalie’s post, Accepting The Source Of Your Income, from Billionaire Woman.com.

Carnival of Financial Learning #9 is hosted at Financial Learn. I like the post All I Ever Needed to Know About Money I Learned Playing Golf from Trees Full of Money, he started making money from selling golf balls landing on his parents’ front yard from the golf course across the street. How smart!

136th Festival of Frugality - The Summer School Edition is hosted at Student Scrooge. I like the post 10 Foods You Should Always Splurge On from Cheap Healthy Good. Small difference in price, but big in taste.

Carnival Of Tips - August 2, 2008 is hosted at Tip Diva.

Carnival of Everything Finance: # 20 is hosted at Everything Finance.

Lots of great posts, take a look, enjoy!